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"Hiawatha's Brothers," by Henry W. Longfellow; "The Fountain," by James
Russell Lowell; "The Rivulet," by Lucy Larcom; "The Coming of Spring,"
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Christmas," by Frank Dempster Sherman; "What the Winds Bring" and "The
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PUBLIC NOTICE.--_This is to state,
That these are the specimens left at the gate
Of Pinafore Palace, exact to date,
In the hands of the porter, Curlypate,
Who sits in his plush on a chair of state,
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